PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rousimar Palhares Skywalker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, OOOOOOHHH YYYYEEEAAAHHH MACHO MAN INTRO MUSIC. Rousimar Palhares Skywalker is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Savage
vs
Palhares Skywalker

200 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
249 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Dynamic Nutrition $25 159 Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rousimar Palhares Skywalker!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skywalker lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Skywalker.

It looks like Randy Savage has been cut.

Skywalker feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Savage looking to control.
Skywalker cracks Savage with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skywalker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Skywalker trying to control the position from guard on top but Savage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Skywalker throwing strikes but missing.
Skywalker not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Savage is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Skywalker is controlling him.
Skywalker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Skywalker looking to pass the guard.
Skywalker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skywalker chips away with some ground and pound.
Savage avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Skywalker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Skywalker wants to control from the top but Savage keeps moving.
Skywalker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Skywalker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Skywalker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Savage not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Skywalker trying to control the position from guard on top but Savage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Savage utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Skywalker throwing strikes from guard but Savage blocks nicely.
Skywalker lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Skywalker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Savage on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Savage tries to get out of the position.
Savage wants to stand but Skywalker is controlling the position.
Savage will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Skywalker is stalling in the full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skywalker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Savage working a defensive guard here.
Savage knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Skywalker on the ground.
Skywalker scoring with some ground and pound.
Skywalker is working Savage over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Savage is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Skywalker throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Savage looking to control.
Skywalker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Savage looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Skywalker distracts Savage with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Skywalker trying to control the position from guard on top but Savage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Savage is looking to stand back up but Skywalker counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Savage.
Skywalker stops Savage from getting back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Skywalker seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker stops Savage from getting back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Skywalker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skywalker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Savage trying to control but Skywalker postures up.
Skywalker working over Savage with some ground and pound. Savage looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Skywalker connects with a nice short shot to Savage's temple.
Skywalker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Savage is rocked!
Skywalker drops an elbow to the side of Savage's head.
Oh Savage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Skywalker scores with a big shot! Savage's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Savage! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rousimar Palhares Skywalker!
A victorious Rousimar Palhares Skywalker thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.